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As probably many other Poles already stated in the comments, RAK means "crayfish" or "cancer" in polish, depending on the context. It is unknown why this gun is called RAK, two most popular stories are: -The constructor had cancer while he was working on designing this gun, so he named it RAK (cancer) as a statement that either he beats cancer or cancer beats him during his work on the gun. Sadly the latter happened. -RAK is short for "Ręczny Automat Komandosa" which roughly translates to "Commandos Handheld Automatic". This one is more popular and usually accepted as the true story behind the name, despite making little sense because that weapon was designed for and given to vehicle crews rather than commando units. Tho, as mentioned before it is unknown if either of these stories is true, as naming process for this funky pistol is lost to time. Another fun trivia: RAK had few nicknames, most common were "dentist" and "manicurist". It was because apparently rookies that were unfamiliar with the gun would get either their teeth knocked out by the slide hitting them in the face or would have their finger slip in front of the barrel during shooting... Which of course led to quick finger removal. Can't confirm if these stories are true, but I've heard them from multiple people who used to serve in Polish Military during common use of that gun. Also, since you seem to have magical powers of summoning very rare guns, can we get a video with Wz. 35 "Ur" or Vis next? :D I think you're the first guntuber I saw that liked this gun. Great video and good luck on your campaign! Cheers, from Poland! :)
I can imagine it could happen, but probably not as often as the presumed urban myth of instructors all saying they've seen someone do it as part of the safety talk and/or it never happened but it was a recognised design flaw where they added 'no seriously I've seen someone loose teeth/a finger to one of these' to drive the safe handling home with trainees. There was a similar myth about the l98 (cadet semi auto sa80). The A1 was straight pull single shot, so could be fired from left or right shoulder. The A2 was semi auto and you could lose teeth to it if you fired from the left shoulder- I was told one of our instructors had seen it happen, but I'm almost certain it never actually happened given we never saw an official warning about an actual incident.
About self shooting thing Some folks in Polish military found out that when spring gets loose in pm 63 you can rack the slide by flicking your weapon downward it did not always go all the way back causing soldiers to discharge at their feet. Soldiers who managed to shoot themselves blamed it on the gun malfunction/bad design to save themselves from potential punishment .
Not the soldiers, who shot themselves but NCOs, ensigns or even junior officers responsible for training troopers who managed to shoot themselves were claiming "it was an accident". And usually accident was happening either the way Brandon described it in the video (hole in the thigh) or somebody had a hole in the palm of their hand (which was the other way of "raking the slide" of PM63). Neither of this techniques was considered proper. Proper way of using the spoon to "rak the slide" was to press the spoon against flat, hard surface. Like armour of a tank or a side of another vehicle or against a wall (Poland being Eastern European country means that even today house walls are made from concrete or bricks)
Pro-Tip from a guy who used it extensively; Replace the spring in the safety. Spring in there is weak and it can cause that safety turns on and off on its own.
My Enfield no4 mk1 does the same so I removed the safety entirely, you can see it lift the bolt as you flick it on and off and if you flick it fast enough, the cocking piece/firing pin drops and hits the half cock safety and sometimes fires. Way safer to treat it like there is no safety/ literally remove the safety.
Brandon, You need to know why it was designed this way. Those of us who served in Polish Army understand this. First of all it was designed for "tankists" - tank operators - that is why it is so compact and it has to be. Consider space in T-72 comparing to Abrams tank. Second it is carried in special pocket bag. It was also used by officers as sub machine gun (no they would not carry AK-47 nor operators of tank would do). I had RAK in my hands during training in Poland (long before I immigrated to United States). Yes it has flaws, but it was the best design for its purpose during it's times. Consider it equivalent of Israeli UZI.
@@benhornstein1688to be fair he is talking in terms of use ability like he said you aren’t gonna use an uzi while walking the desert atleast not if you expect to fight anything farther then 100 yards
My wifes uncle was driver in polish army when PM-63 was issued. He said that in theory that spoon in front had a lot of sense as it allowed them to respond quicker to nasty situation. Just slam front of your PM anywhere solid while exiting vehicle and you good to go. 2 most common nicknames for it in poland then and now is "dentist" thanks to bolt moving close to face and if you hold it in wrong way or stock suddenly collapses during firing, you can be sure that bolt will break your teeth. Second nickname is "nail cutter" or "finger cutter" thanks to the spoon in front of the bolt that if you hold it wrong it can supposedly cut off your finger during firing. Also, uncle said that it wasnt bad gun almost every driver or crew member in vehicle preffered to be issued an AKS or AKSU. Why? For example truck that he was driving had rack for AK so they could leave it there in some situations with no problem, but PM-63 was always on you, even when driving. And remember it weights just a little less than half of AK-74
I think the most baffling thing about it is that anyone would try to cock it on their thigh or boot to begin with. Another comment said that these ways of cocking were even in the manual for it, but as you say, you could literally press it against ANY solid surface, and inside a tank or vehicle literally everything is going to be a hard surface, so why in God's name would ANYONE chose to cock it with the barrel pointed at their own body???
@@restitvtororbis5330To protect your comrades, of course. A solid surface might ricochet the bullet :) Real answer: Because vodka is kurwa, morning vodka doubly so.
Formed in the city of Radom, which at the time was almost as deep into the Polish interior as could be, the facility inherited the machinery from the old Prussian Royal rifle plant at Danzig (Gdansk today) and the old Deblin military small arms repair depot, by 1927 morphing into the Fabryka Broni (FB= roughly, Arms Plant). There, FB would make assorted Mauser 98-style rifles and carbines on the old Danzig machines, but when it came to handguns, they were stuck with making the Nagant revolver. Time for a shake up! The first thing to bounce out the doors, since the Mauser and the Nagant, was the RAK. Combining characteristics of a self-loading pistol and a fully automatic submachine gun. Piotr Wilniewczyc the lead designer, in collaboration with Tadeusz Bednarski, Grzegorz Czubak, and Marian Wakalski, as their first work of any note, produced the "Random" at the Polish arsenal, located in "Radom". The FB-Vis - Radom Vis R35 or "Viz" pistol employed, employed well-established Browning features, Piotr 's admiration for John Browning, the creator of the Colt M1911, service pistol adopted for use by the United States Government in .45 ACP, was Colt's final masterpiece, although rumour and conjecture remains, this may in factbe, not the *real* final. Regardless, The Random, went from initial design, starting life in 9mm Parabellum, to mass production by Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre (FN), as the Grand Puissance Modele 1935 (GP or HP 35). In addition, the Vis 35/Radom, bears unique features, and is noted as being a particularly sturdy and highly reliable firearm. The RAK or FB-PM63 entered service with the People’s Army of Poland and police in 1965 as the 9 mm PM or "Pistolet Maszynowy" wz. 1963 (“9 mm submachine gun model 1963”). Small numbers of the weapon, were exported to several Arab countries, Vietnam, and former East Germany. In a modified, "unlicensed" version, the PM-63, was mass for use by the People’s Republic of China, in the form of the Type 82, and sold under export to politically allied nations of China. The RAK is a selective-fire straight blowback-operated machine pistol, fired from the open bolt position. Unlike most submachine guns firing from an open bolt, the PM-63 has a reciprocating external breech bolt, known as a slide. The slide is part of the fire rate-reducing device. When the trigger is pulled, the slide is released and driven forward by the return spring, stripping a round from the magazine, feeding the chamber. The PM-63 RAK is a unique and intriguing firearm, blending elements of both pistols and submachine guns. Its distinctive design and historical significance make it a notable piece of weaponry and size, making it a compact and effective tool, in addition to it's 15 or 20 round standard issue magazine system. The company behind it all, Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre or FN, at the end of the 1950's with WW2 now safely concluded, was approached by the British and Joint Commonwealth forces, for procurement and creation of a new service rifle. The adoption, initially met with mixed results. Know as "The Digger" by Australian troops, (technically a SLR or self loading rifle, armorers would chop or cut down the barrel to standard-issued SLR length at the front sight post. Often, the addition of a cone-shaped flash hider was then placed, shielding the exposed barrel.), The L1A1 FAL served the Australian forces during 1960 -1992, being replaced officially during 1988, with the Steyr AUG (F88 Austeyr), interestingly, the first product of notable success for product manufacturer Glock, was the GLOCK Field knife FM 78, remaining, one of (possibly the best), first Bayonet attachment for the AUG (German saying: Armee-Universal-Gewehr, or 'army universal rifle'). The adoption of Glock's "fully automatic"(jk), field knife by Austrian Armed Forces or "Bundesheer", (Federal Army) for use of the Glock Feildmeister FM78, cemented Glock's success, being Gaston's first noteably large contract. Gaston Glock, an injection moulding and polymer fabrication expert, didn't design or manufacture a firearm until the aged of 52.
@@henryturnerjr3857nope. You're thinking of the bolt action rifle converted to a semi-auto. It was def scary, but we gave up because it was just too expensive for how janky it was, not because of the bolt cycling.
2:38 In polish language "rak" means two things, a disease "cancer" or an animal "crayfish" or "lobster". The designer most likely meant the animal. (Yes, I'm a Pole)
Nope, 63 in its name is the date when project was finished and the designer died from cancer 23 december 1960... so yea you can beat that he was thinking about cancer when he was giving this name to this weapon...
Ok im the Pole here. First RAK - cancer indeed, as the creator Piotr Wilniewczyc died of cancer before he ended creating the gun. As it was the same guy who created famous polish VIS pistols, there is a huuuge possibility that if he would live a little longer the gun would by waaay better. And second more popular translation from the People Army of Poland RAK - ręczny automat komandosów - which can be loosly translated as "handy/ or hand held automatic gun of commandos". In the end PM-63 was mostly used by drivers and echelon units, as previously all of them had to use AK's. One more interesting part, is the story behind this "longer barrel spoon/thingi". One is that it prevents from shooting at your own hand, second that i allows tank crewmen to reload the gun using only one hand by pushing the gun against some hard surface in the vehicle(this as i remember correctly can by found in official army manual). But yeah other not smartest soldiers tried to reload it by presing against thier thigh which of course led to self inflicted gunshot wounds. In the end gun is small, as it weighs something around 2kg(loaded) and has preetty damm nice firing rate. But ineed its way to delicate, and need way more attantion to safety than army gun should need. ps . POLSKA GÓROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the insights you brought! Personally I think a weapon that could slip while being readied, and fire a bullet inside my tank where the bullet has nowhere good to go, is something of a training flaw. Likewise, cocking it against the face of a stone wall could result in a bullet bouncing right back at me. There's a reason the cocking grooves in the slide are so deep -- to give a hopefully secure hold while cocking! That spoon is to deflect the muzzle blast upwards, pushing the muzzle down, to aid control. That's what I learned when I learned the RAK in 1984. No one told me, then, about "the dentist" name, but that certainly makes sense! The PM-63 RAK and the Beretta Modello 93R with its detachable folding stock share that trait.
I spent two years in Poland and the contracted security guards that worked at the base I was at had PM-63’s and CZ BREN 805’s. Definitely an interesting combo. This was from 2019 to 2021.
I would kill for Brandon to get and cover the 805. I don't know why, but since I first saw that gun in cod ghosts, it was love at first sight. I've always loved it.
Nice to finally see that someone in US has the original open-bolt piece, not a butchered version of it. That's probably favorite of my guns and at the same time - the cheapest of them. 2:45 also the designer made fun of it, saying that either he'll manage to finish the RAK (cancer) or the cancer will finish him off.
Absolutely right. I've seen it f***ed up by making it a closed bolt gun, without a stock or the front grip - and semi-auto, of course. No wonder Gun Jesus criticized it.
As a Pole (and son of a police officer who has been using this gun) I can say that what you have show happen more times than one😔 It was so bad that when they are going in the field with RAK they go with magazines out of the guns - in pockets of uniforms. For safety🥵 Also - thigh reload was a thing - official instructions for polish SOF shown that "technique" along with floor reload and "heel of boot" reload. Plus when you are shooting from RAK you may get: black eye, no front teeth, point finger shoot off, foot shoot through. Pure fun 😂 But, for f sakes - I love this gun😊 Light, compact, controlable, with Omnis toolkit freaking awsome 🤟 Jealous thou - cannot have legally in Poland full auto version 🤬 You are having - only semi ver. 😡 P.s. To hell with Beryl (not that is a bad gun to make video on) - GIVE US A TANTAL VIDEO (or MSBS if you will ever have one). Pretty please 🙏🙏🙏 With best wishes (for the win to) from Poland.
the fact that it works entirely by slam firing makes this the gun equivalent of a butterfly knife, its something you dont hand to non gun people, or even to novice gun people,
@@johnbarr9857 They did experimental version without a "spoon" and left side handle - but by the time they ended trials Polish Army switched to PM-84 - closed bolt, heavier, bigger Uzi-like machine pistol which evolved into PM-98/06 version on 9mm Para and with totally diffrent front grip. From I can tell from users of both mp - the were nagging about RAK, but opinons about PM-84/98/06 are far more worse - mostly due higher weight and size. As an user myself I agree with them wholehardy. RAK RULES !!!
Not if you use the unmodified open bolt. I am not that experienced with firearms, but if the bolt starts from the rear position it comes back to the same position. Very little time to put it closer to your face than when initiating fire. And 9x18 does not kick at all 😊
Yeah, so my dad was a BMP driver. Every night his company was doing patrols near the fuel depot. Two man shifts, starting in the opposite corners of the depot, never supposed to meet during their patrol. Well... two of his buddies decided against that idea 'cause they got bored. The met in the middle, deciced to play 'cowboys', drawing their RAKs and whatnot. One of 'em decided it was a good idea to slap the weapon of out the other's hand... Needless to say, he almost said goodbye to his hand. It happened exactly like you said in @10:28. Didn't catch the sear, went forward. Now you've got stigmata.
There isn't just 15 Poles over here. There is way more of us. Also, these are still very popular in Poland. Almost every shooting range in Poland seem to have these hidden somewhere. These might just be the cheapest working full-auto you can get as so many were produced for the military and they barely were used. Also PM-63 just run forever. Too bad that in order to own anything full-auto in Poland you need to have a firearms related business and register it to the company.
the reason why these are sooo often on gun ranged, is because Polish Army dumped them on the market in huuge stock like 5-10 years ago, after cllearing them from cold-war reserves(and active service...)
On accidently or intentionally firing the PM-63 RAK in the tank "So at that point you've probably deafened everyone in the tank." Like firing the main gun is a quiet thing to do.
@@heikkiaho6605 i mean technically? the breach (where the big explosive tube of death and steel is) is inside the tank still and a cannon is not quiet anyway you are looking at instant temporary deafness (at best) but they have ear protection (most of the time) so yk
@heikkiaho6605 the bullet goes out the barrel which is outside the porthole, but the chamber is inside the vehicle still and that's where the explosion happens. Going to be loud as hell.
gotta love how the front grip being deployed basically guarantees the thigh discharge thing so the most likely explanation is some tank dude for some reason deploying the grip and negating the thigh actions one hand convenience to blow a hole through their leg.
I'm from Poland and I own this gun (semi auto version, but firing with open bolt). It is great gun if you knows how it works and all springs are in good condition. It is also quite accurate (on 25 meters, with changing pointy of aiming) i have better results than uzi and pod Scorpion. On 100 meters it is not a problem to hit metal targets about 30x50cm. Two fun facts, first: I heard that some soldiers and militians use to make gun ready to shot with fast hand move forward (innertia of bolt may make it possibile) but with good spring I never could move bolt even half an inch (this was also a problem when soldiers jump off the truck with safety off). Second fun fact: when I started reloading makarov ammunition, I make few rounds to weak to full reload PM63 (it was powerfull enough to work in cz83) and it fires all of them in a burst, because it was enough to reload, but not to block bolt in open position. It is very fun to shoot and controlable due to special mechanism behind firing pin. I read about this gun tons of books and articles, so tell You, that name RAK in legends comes from cancer of one of constructors (Wilniewczyc) who said "I will end this gun project, or cancer will end with me". Sometimes this name is treated as acronym from "Ręczny Automat Komandosa" (Handheld Automatic Gun of Commandos) but it is not mentioned in aby official papers. It is also possible, that name RAK is from animal crawdad which run away backwards and this gun, ready to shot, looks kind of pistol holded backwards🙂
@@---do2qdDon't assume that we are retarded like germans or brits. I won't go to much into details but you need safe (category s1 or higher) and psychological evaluation and voila you can own a Benneli M4 wich isn't cucked or a Beryl semi auto thou. Obtaining full auto is harder.
@@---do2qdSemi automatic version is treated as pistol (under 60cm, calibre in range for pistol). Specialized gunsmith removed parts which allow to shot in full auto mode (in this gun trigger has two positions, there is no switch), and "make new gun" according to Polish law. Permissions for gun owning in Poland are given "with purpose", for example: sport, collection, selfdefence and others. For sport You must be in Sport club and take part in competition, for collection You must be in collectors association. In both cases You must take official exam: in sport association or organized by Police. I have this two kinds of permissions, and my RAK is "sport gun owned for collection purpose" (which allow me to use it during competitions and on shooting range for fun😄) Getting sport permission in Poland is time and money consuming, but not as hard as it used to be.
the charging flap was made so that the Tank Crew could bump it against hard surfaces in case they needed to quickly peek out and fire with one hand. it allowed them to load it by pushing it against the wall of the interior of the armored vehicle or other hard surfaces. it was never meant to be utilized with the grip down at all, nor be even remotely pushed against any body part whatsoever. it even states in the Manual "DO NOT Charge the Firearm against any body part and maintain a safe direction at all times."
@@nickr.4681I hate that I have so little faith in people, but how many users do you think ACTUALLY read the manual first? It wouldn't surprise me at all if someone did exactly as Brandon showed trying to show off and ventilated themselves.
@@PaulHooker84 wasnt exactly perfect, and it was the best they got at the time it was made, and was made for ease of use in situations where time was not on your side.
@@zerrierslizer1 yes sir, I 100% hear what you are saying. I’m not bagging on you. It’s just a fundamentally dangerous thing to do with a firearm no matter how you look at it. If you believe in “train like you fight” then you 110% believe in safety. If you PLAN to flag yourself or practice poor muzzle discipline in training, you are doomed to a sad outcome in a fight. Cool weapon.. neat piece of history.. but safety is a serious part of tactics for many excellent reasons.. real talk. Good on you brother
@@flameendcyborgguy883 Actualy the designer of rak was dying from rak(eng. "cancer")... and yea he was aware that he have limited time to finish this weapon... He died 23 december 1960 and as the name sugest it was finished in 1963 and mass production started in 1964.
AK Guy showing off! I LOVE IT! While showing us the potential for the slide to miss the sear but still pick up a round and thus fire, we hear the target get pinged! He's looking at the slide to make sure he is going back just far enough to recreate the hazard ... AND that's a hit. Oh, and now I want one, but only if someone will remake it for 9x19. Not trying to add an exotic caliber to my little pile of pews. Stay safe!
@@selonianth Pland was under soviet control the same as Finland was after ww2. Poland had own givernment, own military etc own Everything. Poland was under soviet control the same was as west germany were under american control. and german weapon fire american cartrdige
According to a few of my reference books, that "deadly flaw" was meant as a "last gasp measure". It was supposedly meant to allow a wounded man to operate the weapon with a single usable arm. Since you have one, you should test that claim out. Depends on whether the assorted controls can be managed with one hand as well as how inconvenient reloading might be.
Thank you for this interesting update, it makes perfect sense that a Designer may think to incorporate this feature into a Military Machine Pistol to enable a wounded or injured Soldier to cock his personal defence weapon.
RAK means cancer, but inpolish it also means crayfish and that was the intention in this case. Multiple polish weapons, tanks, planes and so on have animal "codenames". E.G. PZL-37 Moose (Łoś) a bomber plane
Ever since Black Ops 1 the PM-63 Rak has been one of my favorite PDW's in terms of aesthetics. It so unique and the fact that i might be able to slam the front of the gun into smth/someone to charge it has always been cool to me.
Theoretically the RAK was a weapon for tank crews. We never had them, we had AKMS. We regretted it until the first lesson at the shooting range. As a handgun it was heavy and uncomfortable on the belt, shooting at a distance of over 25-30 m was damaging the ammunition, and the bolt flying in front of the face was very depressing. The AKMS was a completely different class of weapon, and if you carried it with a folded stock on your belt, it didn't cause much trouble.
@@2percentright 137 man in company, each 25 rounds, 25 meters, target something as TS 4. No one hit more than 4 times. OK, that was our first and only time with RAK, but you have to agree; that was waste of ammo.
Training in Polish military in commie times was more of a hazing of conscripted 18-yo, than an actual military force training (Forcing recruits to jog around in full CBRN gear + gas mask was basically a rite of passage). Young adults were conscripted basically straight from high school to keep them down during their "most rebellious" years. Conscripts didn't care about training nor instructions, they were there because they had to, and the "drill sergeants" didn't care about training them anything useful, other than obedience and timed disassembly and reassembly of a Kalashnikov. I don't know about tankers, but folks that legit had a driver's license had it easy in the army (almost an absolute lack of personal cars during that period).
My Dad was in the Polish People's Army as there was a mandatory draft for every young adult. He got assigned to a WSW company where he was armed first with AKMS, then he was a Shooter in the PKM squad, and finally, he got moved to a driver role where he was armed with PM63. He told me that he really enjoyed having PM63 by his side, mostly because it was light, so the guarding duty wasn't as exhausting as it used to be with AKMS on his back. He also told me that he really enjoyed shooting with PM63, and he'd like to have one now if he had a gun liscence.
There's something ironic about drafting an entire population of young men in the military, only to deny them firearm rights afterwards because apparently those civvies can't be trusted with guns. 🤔
An interesting fact that few people mention about the PM63 is that after firing all the bullets, you just need to replace the magazine and you don't have to drop the slide or operate any manipulator, just press the trigger. I saw somewhere on the Internet a mod that allows you to remove the magazine like in modern designs - a button under the thumb. Interesting SMG and a piece of history. Btw, all Poles just went crazy because pm63 is finally on your channel ;) .
@@wlodek7422for half of history your country hasn’t existed and for half of its time existing it was just medieval brothers/cousins splitting the country 10 times over 😭☠️
@@mrcmoes really because it's the gay people that have been trying to cancel everybody else 😂😂😂😂 literally the only thing straight people canceled was Bud light 😂😂😂 leave our f*************** alone and our beer
AFAIK it was supposed to stand for "Hand-held Automatic for Commandos" (Ręczny Automat Komandosów). They loved to come up with acronyms that formed something cool. In this case, "crayfish".
Actually it wasn't, there's no proof for that and it wouldn't make sense because it wasn't meant to be used by special forces, but tank crew, etc, basically as PDW. It is also not actually called "Rak" and it's much information why it got that name, officially it's just called PM-63. Similarly, P-64 Czak it's actually just called P-64, but it's prototype was called CZAK, which stands for first letters of its designers, in case of PM 63 its prototype didn't had a name, neither letters R, A and K could stand for its designers' names.
@@willprince643So you say, but that's the origin story I've heard circulated back in Poland by multiple knowledgeable sources as far back as the 1980s. I dunno what to tell ya.
An acronym is exactly that, a series of initials that result in a cool word. FBI is not an acronym, it's an initials while MAD (= mutually assured destruction) is.
Even with serten dangerous things the gun can do to the owner i think as long you get some instructions it should be fine in use. but yeah you need be a real dum dum to make it shoot in a situation you caused how ever for the size of the gun its pretty good stil could maybe use a new version of this desgine thats a bit safer in case of wrong use. stil im impressed by the gun also first time i see one being reviewed does kinda look sci fi for a gun.
It's actually a genius design, so simple but seems to be effective. Looks like it's cheap and quick to make too. Of course, leave it to a "specialist" to find a way to shoot themselves. I.e. charging the slide while pushing off your body parts. Thanks for the showcase, love this little thing!
My Dad was a dealer back in the 90's and I was fascinated by all the stuff coming out of Europe at the time but when I shot it I noticed how inaccurate it was. I do wish I had kept a few things that I sold over the years but I really just didn't enjoy shooting them at the range because of all the rules most ranges have about what you can and can't shoot these days. There was always an issue with ammo, rapid fire, shooting jugs and where my brass was going so it really took the fun out of a lot of those weapons.
RAK can also be translated to crayfish. But also it was short form unofficial name „Ręczny Automat Komandosów” - Small/Hand Commando Machinegun. Especially used insted AK47 in tight/small spaces by special forces oparating on airports/planes
Same in Serbo-Croatian. "Rak" has two meanings and both are the same as in Polish. Funny how Slavic languages can be so different and so similar at the same time.
Speaking of Serbian, it's full name would have been „Ručni Automat Komandosa”, it basically translates itself word for word. Love how after all that time and separation Slavic languages still have so much in common.
I remember when the demills for these were relatively cheap, it looked like the slide and bolt were two parts, possibly allowing for a closed bolt rework.
@@ryedergrenier3561 honestly I believe Brandon just genuinely loves dudes content and they became internet pals and then irls But TBF, I think a lot of us AK boys match a gruff, hairy stereotype lol
Rak also translates to crabs/crayfish (crustacean) which are said to walk backwards. There is a Polish saying "Rak Idzie Wspak" which mean Rak goes backwards. Probably relates to how the gun operates. Also we name military stuff after animals.
it was named after what killed it's designer, you should know that Rak means also Cancer and such a good designer wouldn't leave his design such flawed
6:57 good to see you spending quality time with your son. As a son who also once publicly called their father B-tier, this gives me hope that I, too, may one day reconcile. Not likely since he passed away in 2021, but a guy can hope.
1:22 I in fact am losing my shit rightnow, not only because my country got mentioned but because it got mentioned by such a handsome and entertaining man, thank you Brandon for blessing us with your awesome content
There is one more fun feature. Ejector is part of magazine. So if you have jammed gun by no fired primer usually at first you take out magazine. Then if you pull back bolt to unload bullet, bullet will go out with bolt but not eject and if you release or push bolt to the front firing pin will hit this bullet again and it could fire.
I wonder why this isn't more commonly done. The ejector is such a tiny piece of metal to snake around and reach this spot, when it could just be a little extra nub on the mag lip bent up. You answer one reason, for an open-bolt design. Seems like it would have minimal problem to put the ejector on the mag, for closed bolt guns.
10:45 that practice probably came from the Radom pistol, the last Polish handgun to be issued before getting annexed by the USSR. It had a feature that allowed it to be cocked one handed by pressing the slide against your leg
Fun facts from one of 50 damn Poles watching it :D - As far as I remember, Wilniewczyc died, one another team continued the work on this. Wilniewczyc is actually treated as a polish Browning guy, however...some ideas seems to be outstanding :D - RAK is also sometimes translated as Ręczny Automat Komandosa (Hand Comando Pistol/Automatic Pistol or something like that), however there are literally no evidence what RAK stands for (non solving mistery) - Had chance to work with it once...fuck me, on the beginning, number of things you have to think about to not shoot yourself is horrible, even for a Pole xD - What you stated Brandon about loading on your own leg etc. is one of the legends in Poland. However, my father who was conducting his obligatory services in late '70, rember that he witness at least 2 accidental shooting of guys who jumped out of the track when they did not give a f about the SMG itself. Rumoured to be quite popular accident to self reload. - My father also stated that in most of cases with PM 63, the issue was actually...with the fingers. Rookies had tendency to put fingers to high near the muzzle - Please take a correction on the fact, that it was time of socialism in Poland and nothing make any f sense. Especially in the army. There are still legends about whole teams resting and sitting on PPSh 41 with inserted magazines (sat on magazine with bustock on the ground). Number of undeveloped and rushed ideas in this times is enormous.
I usually ignore the comments at the end of your videos about TH-cam unsubscribing fans from your channel but decided to check today. And the TH-cam overlords had, in fact, unsubscribed me from your channel. I've been a fan and follower for a few years at this point and it's kind of surprising to find that that had happened. Then you for sharing your content and also putting yourself through the process of becoming a congressman. Good luck!
TH-cam straight up just doesn't recommend his videos to me, I have to go out of my way to search up his channel once every few days to see if he's uploaded a new video. Same thing with Donut Operator.
Rak in Polish has two meanings: cancer or crayfish. The common name of this weapon is crayfish! The weapon was to be used as a sidearm by vehicle and aircraft crews, paratroopers, shooters and gendarmes, it was to fit in a hip holster and be a weapon for the new standard Warsaw Pact cartridge, i.e. 9×18 mm Makarov. The project was entrusted to Wilniewczyc, the father of the Vis wz. pistol. 35 Radom.
RAK is a weapon of drivers, not of any commandos. The word crayfish means a crustacean that lives in water. For 100 years, Polish weapons have been named after animals or minerals as they are now, e.g. Lobster, Badger, Krab and the Rak self-propelled mortar.
I was in Polish army end of 90s and as mobile radar operator I was issue this little gun. Yes scare especially that we had to do guard duty, with loaded gun... Loads of time to do stupid thing, most likely where most accidents with this gun happened 😅
I never thought much about firearms not having hammers. I have always been aware of subguns with open bolt actions, like the uzi. But, i never really thought much about the mechanics of it. Basically the hammer gets replaced by a slide release and a catch for when the trigger gets released. Very simple design.
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Not just an issue when charging the weapon carelessly. If you were to get a batch of rounds that was misloaded with a weak charge, it can potentially keep firing the whole mag until it is empty. Used to happen from time to time with British SMGs that used an open breach/fixed pin design with weak batches of 9mm ammo.
2:50 That's google translate for you... "rak" is freshwater crayfish, "rakovina" is cancer (it's not polish words but czech, but our lanugage is really simmilar, even though it's writes and sound bit differently)... Ofc you may use (not that you want to) "rak" as a meaning for cancer, but that's not really common way to say it. It's sort of old ways to talk (though ppl would understand). I'm pretty sure the "crayfish" would make more sence, given the foldable "claw"-like grip.
@@KoSmiC_WarFarE4750 it was all designed by Piot Wilniewczyc Polish gun designer (most well known from designing ViS wz 35 - the best pistol of WW2) and other Polish people and manufactured in Poland.
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nice rack
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Hi brandon
Maybe
As probably many other Poles already stated in the comments, RAK means "crayfish" or "cancer" in polish, depending on the context. It is unknown why this gun is called RAK, two most popular stories are:
-The constructor had cancer while he was working on designing this gun, so he named it RAK (cancer) as a statement that either he beats cancer or cancer beats him during his work on the gun. Sadly the latter happened.
-RAK is short for "Ręczny Automat Komandosa" which roughly translates to "Commandos Handheld Automatic". This one is more popular and usually accepted as the true story behind the name, despite making little sense because that weapon was designed for and given to vehicle crews rather than commando units.
Tho, as mentioned before it is unknown if either of these stories is true, as naming process for this funky pistol is lost to time.
Another fun trivia: RAK had few nicknames, most common were "dentist" and "manicurist". It was because apparently rookies that were unfamiliar with the gun would get either their teeth knocked out by the slide hitting them in the face or would have their finger slip in front of the barrel during shooting... Which of course led to quick finger removal. Can't confirm if these stories are true, but I've heard them from multiple people who used to serve in Polish Military during common use of that gun.
Also, since you seem to have magical powers of summoning very rare guns, can we get a video with Wz. 35 "Ur" or Vis next? :D
I think you're the first guntuber I saw that liked this gun.
Great video and good luck on your campaign!
Cheers, from Poland! :)
these did serve also in paratroopers for very long, so maybe from there is the name
Thanks for posting. That was interesting info to learn. 👍
I can imagine it could happen, but probably not as often as the presumed urban myth of instructors all saying they've seen someone do it as part of the safety talk and/or it never happened but it was a recognised design flaw where they added 'no seriously I've seen someone loose teeth/a finger to one of these' to drive the safe handling home with trainees.
There was a similar myth about the l98 (cadet semi auto sa80). The A1 was straight pull single shot, so could be fired from left or right shoulder. The A2 was semi auto and you could lose teeth to it if you fired from the left shoulder- I was told one of our instructors had seen it happen, but I'm almost certain it never actually happened given we never saw an official warning about an actual incident.
It was probably DESIGNED for commandos but what a gun is designed for and what the government USES them for are ususally miles apart. Lol
Ian from Forgotten Weapons didn't like the semi-auto version.
About self shooting thing
Some folks in Polish military found out that when spring gets loose in pm 63 you can rack the slide by flicking your weapon downward
it did not always go all the way back causing soldiers to discharge at their feet.
Soldiers who managed to shoot themselves blamed it on the gun malfunction/bad design to save themselves from potential punishment .
"I didn't shoot her, it's the gun's fault!"
@@TH-camLovestoHideCommentsAlec baldwin moment
Rak the slide you mean? 😂
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Not the soldiers, who shot themselves but NCOs, ensigns or even junior officers responsible for training troopers who managed to shoot themselves were claiming "it was an accident".
And usually accident was happening either the way Brandon described it in the video (hole in the thigh) or somebody had a hole in the palm of their hand (which was the other way of "raking the slide" of PM63). Neither of this techniques was considered proper.
Proper way of using the spoon to "rak the slide" was to press the spoon against flat, hard surface. Like armour of a tank or a side of another vehicle or against a wall (Poland being Eastern European country means that even today house walls are made from concrete or bricks)
Pro-Tip from a guy who used it extensively; Replace the spring in the safety. Spring in there is weak and it can cause that safety turns on and off on its own.
don't do that, that makes the gun less funny
@@lecso0519we must maximize funny levels
Goes off without pulling the trigger, Safety is literally haunted. One of those guns that does the enemies job for them
My Enfield no4 mk1 does the same so I removed the safety entirely, you can see it lift the bolt as you flick it on and off and if you flick it fast enough, the cocking piece/firing pin drops and hits the half cock safety and sometimes fires. Way safer to treat it like there is no safety/ literally remove the safety.
Thankyou i learned something useless and it’s only 2am it’s like being in school all over again on TH-cam
6:57 *WENDIGOON SPOTTED!*
Nah that's just Brandon's son.
Lol that’s exactly what I thought!
wendigooner
Is that not him??
Brandon, You need to know why it was designed this way. Those of us who served in Polish Army understand this. First of all it was designed for "tankists" - tank operators - that is why it is so compact and it has to be. Consider space in T-72 comparing to Abrams tank. Second it is carried in special pocket bag. It was also used by officers as sub machine gun (no they would not carry AK-47 nor operators of tank would do). I had RAK in my hands during training in Poland (long before I immigrated to United States). Yes it has flaws, but it was the best design for its purpose during it's times. Consider it equivalent of Israeli UZI.
Well. The Uzi kicks ass.
It's not equivalent though.
@@jamesbaker3153no but sometimes you take what you can get.
Who in the hell calls tank operators “tankists” lol
@@benhornstein1688to be fair he is talking in terms of use ability like he said you aren’t gonna use an uzi while walking the desert atleast not if you expect to fight anything farther then 100 yards
My wifes uncle was driver in polish army when PM-63 was issued. He said that in theory that spoon in front had a lot of sense as it allowed them to respond quicker to nasty situation. Just slam front of your PM anywhere solid while exiting vehicle and you good to go. 2 most common nicknames for it in poland then and now is "dentist" thanks to bolt moving close to face and if you hold it in wrong way or stock suddenly collapses during firing, you can be sure that bolt will break your teeth. Second nickname is "nail cutter" or "finger cutter" thanks to the spoon in front of the bolt that if you hold it wrong it can supposedly cut off your finger during firing.
Also, uncle said that it wasnt bad gun almost every driver or crew member in vehicle preffered to be issued an AKS or AKSU. Why? For example truck that he was driving had rack for AK so they could leave it there in some situations with no problem, but PM-63 was always on you, even when driving. And remember it weights just a little less than half of AK-74
I think the most baffling thing about it is that anyone would try to cock it on their thigh or boot to begin with. Another comment said that these ways of cocking were even in the manual for it, but as you say, you could literally press it against ANY solid surface, and inside a tank or vehicle literally everything is going to be a hard surface, so why in God's name would ANYONE chose to cock it with the barrel pointed at their own body???
@@restitvtororbis5330To protect your comrades, of course. A solid surface might ricochet the bullet :)
Real answer: Because vodka is kurwa, morning vodka doubly so.
Eh they are Polish, that is enough of an explaination@@restitvtororbis5330
Oh! I love this piece and its nicknames already!😈
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops profile picture, thats a first
"Jesus Poland, can I buy a vowel?", freakin hilarious. 😂
I think it's Val.
No, my vowels >:(
@@Tylermaddox1911 are you dumb?
@@flameendcyborgguy883 oh lol my bad.
That was hilarious 😂😂
I love when an open bolt gun is described as "dangerous" and the "danger" is that you shouldn't point it at yourself. Good job, humanity.
😂😂😂😂
you should be a journalist with that kind of mental gymnastics.
@@sjfs231mental gymnastics? More like common fucking sense.
Fun fact: this guns nickname in the Polish military was/is the “dentist”… for obvious reasons
i thought it would be the “optometrist” but i’m sure that doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
@@themanwithoutaplan72 Its Polish nothing here rolls off the tongue by english standards.
Also "nail clippers" as it is very easy to put ones finger in front of a muzzle.
@@xxXXRAPXXxx How about "okulista"? Maybe not as smooth as "dentysta" but still works.
A dentist is also a name for one of the obstacles on the obstacle courses in the Polish Army.
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I didnt expect to see you sir here, love your vids
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Yo it's lich, you should make a csgo weapon like the r8 but it holds 4 coins that you can throw then shoot and it will home in on its targets
been a while dude
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I am a pole, so i have to do my national duty and OMG IT'S POLISH GUN BRO I LOVE WATCHING YOU
Maybe you are a pole maybe even polished one but not a Pole for sure :)
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Wait, so "giving Swedish history metal bands new things to write songs about" isn't a national duty? Is that just your national hobby?
Kurwa
Formed in the city of Radom, which at the time was almost as deep into the Polish interior as could be, the facility inherited the machinery from the old Prussian Royal rifle plant at Danzig (Gdansk today) and the old Deblin military small arms repair depot, by 1927 morphing into the Fabryka Broni (FB= roughly, Arms Plant). There, FB would make assorted Mauser 98-style rifles and carbines on the old Danzig machines, but when it came to handguns, they were stuck with making the Nagant revolver. Time for a shake up!
The first thing to bounce out the doors, since the Mauser and the Nagant, was the RAK. Combining characteristics of a self-loading pistol and a fully automatic submachine gun. Piotr Wilniewczyc the lead designer, in collaboration with Tadeusz Bednarski, Grzegorz Czubak, and Marian Wakalski, as their first work of any note, produced the "Random" at the Polish arsenal, located in "Radom". The FB-Vis - Radom Vis R35 or "Viz" pistol employed, employed well-established Browning features, Piotr 's admiration for John Browning, the creator of the Colt M1911, service pistol adopted for use by the United States Government in .45 ACP, was Colt's final masterpiece, although rumour and conjecture remains, this may in factbe, not the *real* final. Regardless, The Random, went from initial design, starting life in 9mm Parabellum, to mass production by Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre (FN), as the Grand Puissance Modele 1935 (GP or HP 35). In addition, the Vis 35/Radom, bears unique features, and is noted as being a particularly sturdy and highly reliable firearm.
The RAK or FB-PM63 entered service with the People’s Army of Poland and police in 1965 as the 9 mm PM or "Pistolet Maszynowy" wz. 1963 (“9 mm submachine gun model 1963”). Small numbers of the weapon, were exported to several Arab countries, Vietnam, and former East Germany. In a modified, "unlicensed" version, the PM-63, was mass for use by the People’s Republic of China, in the form of the Type 82, and sold under export to politically allied nations of China. The RAK is a selective-fire straight blowback-operated machine pistol, fired from the open bolt position. Unlike most submachine guns firing from an open bolt, the PM-63 has a reciprocating external breech bolt, known as a slide. The slide is part of the fire rate-reducing device. When the trigger is pulled, the slide is released and driven forward by the return spring, stripping a round from the magazine, feeding the chamber. The PM-63 RAK is a unique and intriguing firearm, blending elements of both pistols and submachine guns. Its distinctive design and historical significance make it a notable piece of weaponry and size, making it a compact and effective tool, in addition to it's 15 or 20 round standard issue magazine system.
The company behind it all, Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre or FN, at the end of the 1950's with WW2 now safely concluded, was approached by the British and Joint Commonwealth forces, for procurement and creation of a new service rifle. The adoption, initially met with mixed results. Know as "The Digger" by Australian troops, (technically a SLR or self loading rifle, armorers would chop or cut down the barrel to standard-issued SLR length at the front sight post. Often, the addition of a cone-shaped flash hider was then placed, shielding the exposed barrel.), The L1A1 FAL served the Australian forces during 1960 -1992, being replaced officially during 1988, with the Steyr AUG (F88 Austeyr), interestingly, the first product of notable success for product manufacturer Glock, was the GLOCK Field knife FM 78, remaining, one of (possibly the best), first Bayonet attachment for the AUG (German saying: Armee-Universal-Gewehr, or 'army universal rifle'). The adoption of Glock's "fully automatic"(jk), field knife by Austrian Armed Forces or "Bundesheer", (Federal Army) for use of the Glock Feildmeister FM78, cemented Glock's success, being Gaston's first noteably large contract. Gaston Glock, an injection moulding and polymer fabrication expert, didn't design or manufacture a firearm until the aged of 52.
Germans/Austrians/Swiss make the best handguns
I was kinda flinching with every shot thinking "if that thing fails that goes straight to the eye"
Eye puncher!
lmao
There was a prototype submachine gun developed during WW2 that had a bolt that came back like that. I think the US passed because of it.
@@henryturnerjr3857nope. You're thinking of the bolt action rifle converted to a semi-auto. It was def scary, but we gave up because it was just too expensive for how janky it was, not because of the bolt cycling.
Same
2:38 In polish language "rak" means two things, a disease "cancer" or an animal "crayfish" or "lobster". The designer most likely meant the animal. (Yes, I'm a Pole)
You got the rak, we got the skorp
Does it turn red when you boil it?
Nope, 63 in its name is the date when project was finished and the designer died from cancer 23 december 1960... so yea you can beat that he was thinking about cancer when he was giving this name to this weapon...
POLSKA GUROM
@TH-camLovestoHideComments most guns do🤣
The only gun the ATF wants you to have
They also support the Remington "Kobain" model shotguns.
Pole police paid atf a lot 😂
0:49 lucky you still have your thumb
AHHHH💀
Yeah that’s wasn’t where I would my thumb to be
Ok im the Pole here. First RAK - cancer indeed, as the creator Piotr Wilniewczyc died of cancer before he ended creating the gun. As it was the same guy who created famous polish VIS pistols, there is a huuuge possibility that if he would live a little longer the gun would by waaay better.
And second more popular translation from the People Army of Poland RAK - ręczny automat komandosów - which can be loosly translated as "handy/ or hand held automatic gun of commandos". In the end PM-63 was mostly used by drivers and echelon units, as previously all of them had to use AK's.
One more interesting part, is the story behind this "longer barrel spoon/thingi". One is that it prevents from shooting at your own hand, second that i allows tank crewmen to reload the gun using only one hand by pushing the gun against some hard surface in the vehicle(this as i remember correctly can by found in official army manual).
But yeah other not smartest soldiers tried to reload it by presing against thier thigh which of course led to self inflicted gunshot wounds.
In the end gun is small, as it weighs something around 2kg(loaded) and has preetty damm nice firing rate. But ineed its way to delicate, and need way more attantion to safety than army gun should need.
ps .
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Thank you for the insights you brought! Personally I think a weapon that could slip while being readied, and fire a bullet inside my tank where the bullet has nowhere good to go, is something of a training flaw. Likewise, cocking it against the face of a stone wall could result in a bullet bouncing right back at me.
There's a reason the cocking grooves in the slide are so deep -- to give a hopefully secure hold while cocking!
That spoon is to deflect the muzzle blast upwards, pushing the muzzle down, to aid control. That's what I learned when I learned the RAK in 1984. No one told me, then, about "the dentist" name, but that certainly makes sense! The PM-63 RAK and the Beretta Modello 93R with its detachable folding stock share that trait.
What is the rate of fire?
Looks like 6-700+
Way faster than an M-3 Grease Gun anyway.
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it's actually Crayfish - animal, not Cancer - the health problem.
You don't know much about polish weapon names don't you?
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I spent two years in Poland and the contracted security guards that worked at the base I was at had PM-63’s and CZ BREN 805’s. Definitely an interesting combo. This was from 2019 to 2021.
Greets from Poland.
German guy here.
AFFA
bren 805 😍
Do a (b)oint!
I would kill for Brandon to get and cover the 805. I don't know why, but since I first saw that gun in cod ghosts, it was love at first sight. I've always loved it.
@@sandow8575 Does Demo not own one? I feel like i remember seeing him do a vid on it
Nice to finally see that someone in US has the original open-bolt piece, not a butchered version of it. That's probably favorite of my guns and at the same time - the cheapest of them.
2:45 also the designer made fun of it, saying that either he'll manage to finish the RAK (cancer) or the cancer will finish him off.
Absolutely right. I've seen it f***ed up by making it a closed bolt gun, without a stock or the front grip - and semi-auto, of course. No wonder Gun Jesus criticized it.
MP7 if it lived in a crackhouse!
Crack donkey MP7.
Me: Can I have an MP7?
Mom: We have MP7 at home
MP7 at home:
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As a Pole (and son of a police officer who has been using this gun) I can say that what you have show happen more times than one😔 It was so bad that when they are going in the field with RAK they go with magazines out of the guns - in pockets of uniforms. For safety🥵
Also - thigh reload was a thing - official instructions for polish SOF shown that "technique" along with floor reload and "heel of boot" reload.
Plus when you are shooting from RAK you may get: black eye, no front teeth, point finger shoot off, foot shoot through. Pure fun 😂
But, for f sakes - I love this gun😊 Light, compact, controlable, with Omnis toolkit freaking awsome 🤟
Jealous thou - cannot have legally in Poland full auto version 🤬 You are having - only semi ver. 😡
P.s. To hell with Beryl (not that is a bad gun to make video on) - GIVE US A TANTAL VIDEO (or MSBS if you will ever have one). Pretty please 🙏🙏🙏 With best wishes (for the win to) from Poland.
Really cool 🤘🤘 my guy but please 😭 with the excessive emojis 🥴
could they not shorten that scoop so you cannot use it to charge the gun?
the fact that it works entirely by slam firing makes this the gun equivalent of a butterfly knife,
its something you dont hand to non gun people, or even to novice gun people,
@@johnbarr9857 They did experimental version without a "spoon" and left side handle - but by the time they ended trials Polish Army switched to PM-84 - closed bolt, heavier, bigger Uzi-like machine pistol which evolved into PM-98/06 version on 9mm Para and with totally diffrent front grip. From I can tell from users of both mp - the were nagging about RAK, but opinons about PM-84/98/06 are far more worse - mostly due higher weight and size. As an user myself I agree with them wholehardy. RAK RULES !!!
@@Scout339th i will try better next time
The poke your eye out slide feature is awesome.
Not if you use the unmodified open bolt. I am not that experienced with firearms, but if the bolt starts from the rear position it comes back to the same position. Very little time to put it closer to your face than when initiating fire. And 9x18 does not kick at all 😊
That slide might be hard to get used to .
Also. It was fairly well known for smashing glass in your gas mask, which of course compromised the mask's integrity. 😁
I had a fantasy of attaching a boxing glove to the slide
@@michaelbreckshot6589 It would make a great cartoon.
As a person whose Dad was 100% Polish, I have to say that this is awesome!!
Tęsknię za Tobą, tato! Tak bardzo cię kocham!
Yeah, so my dad was a BMP driver. Every night his company was doing patrols near the fuel depot. Two man shifts, starting in the opposite corners of the depot, never supposed to meet during their patrol. Well... two of his buddies decided against that idea 'cause they got bored. The met in the middle, deciced to play 'cowboys', drawing their RAKs and whatnot. One of 'em decided it was a good idea to slap the weapon of out the other's hand... Needless to say, he almost said goodbye to his hand. It happened exactly like you said in @10:28. Didn't catch the sear, went forward. Now you've got stigmata.
He got stigmata.
I wonder what his commanding officer had got for this...
Jezus Christ?@@PobortzaPl
There isn't just 15 Poles over here. There is way more of us.
Also, these are still very popular in Poland. Almost every shooting range in Poland seem to have these hidden somewhere. These might just be the cheapest working full-auto you can get as so many were produced for the military and they barely were used. Also PM-63 just run forever. Too bad that in order to own anything full-auto in Poland you need to have a firearms related business and register it to the company.
with the exception of transferrables which hade to me made pre 1986, and are stupid expensive, thats the same for america. on full auto.
the reason why these are sooo often on gun ranged, is because Polish Army dumped them on the market in huuge stock like 5-10 years ago, after cllearing them from cold-war reserves(and active service...)
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
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@@MaxJuszkiewicz a po ile?
On accidently or intentionally firing the PM-63 RAK in the tank "So at that point you've probably deafened everyone in the tank." Like firing the main gun is a quiet thing to do.
Also not quieter than the enclosed LMG’s that are fired through portholes…
but dont those fire outside the tank, so the noise mostly goes outside? (the barrels are outside the tank)
Even small caliber weapons can cause serious hearing damage when inside an enclosed space.
@@heikkiaho6605 i mean technically?
the breach (where the big explosive tube of death and steel is) is inside the tank still and a cannon is not quiet anyway
you are looking at instant temporary deafness (at best) but they have ear protection (most of the time) so yk
@heikkiaho6605 the bullet goes out the barrel which is outside the porthole, but the chamber is inside the vehicle still and that's where the explosion happens. Going to be loud as hell.
gotta love how the front grip being deployed basically guarantees the thigh discharge thing so the most likely explanation is some tank dude for some reason deploying the grip and negating the thigh actions one hand convenience to blow a hole through their leg.
I'm from Poland and I own this gun (semi auto version, but firing with open bolt). It is great gun if you knows how it works and all springs are in good condition. It is also quite accurate (on 25 meters, with changing pointy of aiming) i have better results than uzi and pod Scorpion. On 100 meters it is not a problem to hit metal targets about 30x50cm.
Two fun facts, first: I heard that some soldiers and militians use to make gun ready to shot with fast hand move forward (innertia of bolt may make it possibile) but with good spring I never could move bolt even half an inch (this was also a problem when soldiers jump off the truck with safety off). Second fun fact: when I started reloading makarov ammunition, I make few rounds to weak to full reload PM63 (it was powerfull enough to work in cz83) and it fires all of them in a burst, because it was enough to reload, but not to block bolt in open position.
It is very fun to shoot and controlable due to special mechanism behind firing pin.
I read about this gun tons of books and articles, so tell You, that name RAK in legends comes from cancer of one of constructors (Wilniewczyc) who said "I will end this gun project, or cancer will end with me". Sometimes this name is treated as acronym from "Ręczny Automat Komandosa" (Handheld Automatic Gun of Commandos) but it is not mentioned in aby official papers. It is also possible, that name RAK is from animal crawdad which run away backwards and this gun, ready to shot, looks kind of pistol holded backwards🙂
how is it possible to own this gun in poland with such guns laws in that country?
@@---do2qdDon't assume that we are retarded like germans or brits. I won't go to much into details but you need safe (category s1 or higher) and psychological evaluation and voila you can own a Benneli M4 wich isn't cucked or a Beryl semi auto thou. Obtaining full auto is harder.
@@---do2qdSemi automatic version is treated as pistol (under 60cm, calibre in range for pistol). Specialized gunsmith removed parts which allow to shot in full auto mode (in this gun trigger has two positions, there is no switch), and "make new gun" according to Polish law. Permissions for gun owning in Poland are given "with purpose", for example: sport, collection, selfdefence and others. For sport You must be in Sport club and take part in competition, for collection You must be in collectors association. In both cases You must take official exam: in sport association or organized by Police. I have this two kinds of permissions, and my RAK is "sport gun owned for collection purpose" (which allow me to use it during competitions and on shooting range for fun😄) Getting sport permission in Poland is time and money consuming, but not as hard as it used to be.
That because CZ83's are well known to digest and operate on any rubbish😁
the charging flap was made so that the Tank Crew could bump it against hard surfaces in case they needed to quickly peek out and fire with one hand. it allowed them to load it by pushing it against the wall of the interior of the armored vehicle or other hard surfaces. it was never meant to be utilized with the grip down at all, nor be even remotely pushed against any body part whatsoever. it even states in the Manual "DO NOT Charge the Firearm against any body part and maintain a safe direction at all times."
Instructions unclear. Anyone have a tourniquet?? Quickly.... PLEASE!
@@nickr.4681I hate that I have so little faith in people, but how many users do you think ACTUALLY read the manual first? It wouldn't surprise me at all if someone did exactly as Brandon showed trying to show off and ventilated themselves.
That’s only really slightly less cringe… “to charge weapon, press against a bullet proof surface in a confined space” 😖
@@PaulHooker84 wasnt exactly perfect, and it was the best they got at the time it was made, and was made for ease of use in situations where time was not on your side.
@@zerrierslizer1 yes sir, I 100% hear what you are saying. I’m not bagging on you. It’s just a fundamentally dangerous thing to do with a firearm no matter how you look at it. If you believe in “train like you fight” then you 110% believe in safety. If you PLAN to flag yourself or practice poor muzzle discipline in training, you are doomed to a sad outcome in a fight. Cool weapon.. neat piece of history.. but safety is a serious part of tactics for many excellent reasons.. real talk. Good on you brother
Imagine being so Polish that a homemade, welded together Bechowiec has a better reputation than a submachine gun made by a genuine company
Its kurwa easy men
Cause the designer of hommade one had to fucking use it
God! I fcukin hate this gun. Its the worst thing in my illegal guns collection. Greetings from Poland😊
@@flameendcyborgguy883 Actualy the designer of rak was dying from rak(eng. "cancer")... and yea he was aware that he have limited time to finish this weapon... He died 23 december 1960 and as the name sugest it was finished in 1963 and mass production started in 1964.
@@HanSolo__ Guns are never illegal the right to self defense is a human right in my opinion no matter where you are born/live
AK Guy showing off! I LOVE IT! While showing us the potential for the slide to miss the sear but still pick up a round and thus fire, we hear the target get pinged! He's looking at the slide to make sure he is going back just far enough to recreate the hazard ... AND that's a hit. Oh, and now I want one, but only if someone will remake it for 9x19. Not trying to add an exotic caliber to my little pile of pews. Stay safe!
" at no point will I pull the trigger ". Yeah okay Baldwin, we believe you.
I was thinking the same thing. Brandon about to Baldwin that gun.
This gun feels like what would happen if Kel-Tec was a Soviet enterprise
That’s FB in a nutshell. Just why? The company.
If you don't want fisticuffs, don't associate the Soviets with Poland within arms length of a Pole.
@@RussellNelsonwithin earshot, that is. Within arms length only serves to speed up the process
@@RussellNelson While true, they were under Soviet control at the time it was made *and* it fires a soviet cartriage.
@@selonianth Pland was under soviet control the same as Finland was after ww2. Poland had own givernment, own military etc own Everything. Poland was under soviet control the same was as west germany were under american control. and german weapon fire american cartrdige
According to a few of my reference books, that "deadly flaw" was meant as a "last gasp measure". It was supposedly meant to allow a wounded man to operate the weapon with a single usable arm. Since you have one, you should test that claim out. Depends on whether the assorted controls can be managed with one hand as well as how inconvenient reloading might be.
Thank you for this interesting update, it makes perfect sense that a Designer may think to incorporate this feature into a Military Machine Pistol to enable a wounded or injured Soldier to cock his personal defence weapon.
@@felixcat9318 yeah just push front of the weapon into any solid object like part of the tank, rock, truck, etc.
10:45 *blows hole through thigh* “There…. Now it’s a fair fight”
Every since Black ops, this has been one of my favorite PDWs.
Plus it's polish
I also liked this in black ops but the lack of attachments was sad. Ak mp5 got better score. Ak especially
Akimbo in red with a badass logo design on the back was my go to for free for all in Black Ops😂
Well it's pretty shit in zombies
RAK means cancer, but inpolish it also means crayfish and that was the intention in this case. Multiple polish weapons, tanks, planes and so on have animal "codenames". E.G. PZL-37 Moose (Łoś) a bomber plane
Ah, Cancer as in the astrological sign and the crab.
Same for tanks, there was a CS-52 Lis (Vox) prototype on paper in the late 50's.
The worst is "Bóbr". Hated even by its designers 🤣
@@NikovKcorrect. Which is why in quite a few countries the crab is the logo for their cancer research agencies.
Like cancer the crab? hhhmmmmmm?????
6:50 The surprise Wendigoon made my heart smile.
I think I may need medical attention as hearts are not meant to have mouths…..
Naw man we got to go bald
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Pffffttt…… hah!
It's good to see Brandon and his twin Wendi finally do a collab.
Nah, you're just a mutant
Ever since Black Ops 1 the PM-63 Rak has been one of my favorite PDW's in terms of aesthetics. It so unique and the fact that i might be able to slam the front of the gun into smth/someone to charge it has always been cool to me.
Theoretically the RAK was a weapon for tank crews. We never had them, we had AKMS. We regretted it until the first lesson at the shooting range. As a handgun it was heavy and uncomfortable on the belt, shooting at a distance of over 25-30 m was damaging the ammunition, and the bolt flying in front of the face was very depressing. The AKMS was a completely different class of weapon, and if you carried it with a folded stock on your belt, it didn't cause much trouble.
"shooting at a distance of over 25-30 m was damaging the ammunition,"
What?
@@2percentright 137 man in company, each 25 rounds, 25 meters, target something as TS 4. No one hit more than 4 times. OK, that was our first and only time with RAK, but you have to agree; that was waste of ammo.
@@2percentrightReplace 'damaged' with 'wasted', I think. He's saying the gun was inaccurate.
@@2percentright I think English might be a second language.
@@maximus-hl9jw I think you just might be right.
"Better dead than read. Red Dead Redemption 2." Now that's adhd😂
I've got a plan arthur
Van der linde van der linde
I got a plan aurther
Tahiti
"Accidentally un-aliving yourself is the right of all sentient beings!" - Poland Prime
It's not a flaw in design, it's a flaw in training. The Manual should read: DO NOT Charge weapon against any body part and maintain a safe direction.
agreed but in the video he charged the thing with the slide and it fired a round… that’s pretty bad lol
It’s both
Flaw in design
I feel like if you need that warning then you shouldn't be handling firearms
Training in Polish military in commie times was more of a hazing of conscripted 18-yo, than an actual military force training (Forcing recruits to jog around in full CBRN gear + gas mask was basically a rite of passage). Young adults were conscripted basically straight from high school to keep them down during their "most rebellious" years. Conscripts didn't care about training nor instructions, they were there because they had to, and the "drill sergeants" didn't care about training them anything useful, other than obedience and timed disassembly and reassembly of a Kalashnikov.
I don't know about tankers, but folks that legit had a driver's license had it easy in the army (almost an absolute lack of personal cars during that period).
0:51 that steering wheel style grip where you thumb is forward of the muzzle scares the shit out of me.
Wendigoon spotting instantly makes the video better 😂
Thought he was Brandon from the back
@@RealCanadianCrapper he is Brandon's son after all
@@graysonbalke5100as much as everyone wants to think it, they're not related.
@@jimrustle643 o rly
@@jimrustle643 thats just a bit they have where they claim brandon is wendi's father
I remember dual-wielding this in COD Black Ops:cold war.
Good times
Only the real OGs remember rockin this in Black Ops 1... It became dual-wield after pack-a-punching it.
It was one of my favorites too
@@Patrick_919 The Cold War version was... Eeeeeh. Not bad with attachments, but the Diamatti and Marshalls were better.
@@wayneigoe6722 Typhoid and Mary correct? or was that the dual HS-10s.
Wrong. Duel Wielding in BlOps
My Dad was in the Polish People's Army as there was a mandatory draft for every young adult. He got assigned to a WSW company where he was armed first with AKMS, then he was a Shooter in the PKM squad, and finally, he got moved to a driver role where he was armed with PM63. He told me that he really enjoyed having PM63 by his side, mostly because it was light, so the guarding duty wasn't as exhausting as it used to be with AKMS on his back. He also told me that he really enjoyed shooting with PM63, and he'd like to have one now if he had a gun liscence.
There's something ironic about drafting an entire population of young men in the military, only to deny them firearm rights afterwards because apparently those civvies can't be trusted with guns.
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“Buckle up, chucklefucks.” That’s crazy 💀💀💀 1:20
What about this is crazy
@ HOW TF IS IT NOT CRAZY?
@@CursedOutlaw.suspicious damn you sure are easy to please
Brandon for congress
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Brandon for President.😂
Cronden for bangress!
@@Actionbasstrdlet’s go Brandon!
Brandon for brandon
An interesting fact that few people mention about the PM63 is that after firing all the bullets, you just need to replace the magazine and you don't have to drop the slide or operate any manipulator, just press the trigger. I saw somewhere on the Internet a mod that allows you to remove the magazine like in modern designs - a button under the thumb. Interesting SMG and a piece of history. Btw, all Poles just went crazy because pm63 is finally on your channel ;) .
I had this weapon during my military service in the Polish army 15 years ago, you brought back memories🥲
I didn't think Poland had an army 15 years ago
@@andyasdf2078 15 years ago was 2009 so wdym?
@@andyasdf2078we did. We had army ever since our country existed.... Fucking hell
@@wlodek7422for half of history your country hasn’t existed and for half of its time existing it was just medieval brothers/cousins splitting the country 10 times over 😭☠️
@@diemarxistischeliga7983 buddy, we were gone for 120 years at most. That's about 10% for your presumably american brain
Ian: "What a piece of shit."
Brandon: "Yooo totally underrated broo"
If you like your RAK, there is company in Poland names OMNIS ARMA that makes conversion kits to MODERNIZE the Rak
A lot of modernized old guns are horrible and butchered imo
@@friedrichfazbear5469yeah keep crying boomer
Railz?
Ew
nyet rak is fine
4:40 love that NCR Service Rifle
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
I love how he goes for white claws instead of Bud lights cuz he knows if he buys a Bud light he supports Bud light😂😂😂😂
@@skylerrowland7099Or because people would cry and try and cancel him lol
@@skylerrowland7099wtf does this have to do with the comment 😂
@@mrcmoes really because it's the gay people that have been trying to cancel everybody else 😂😂😂😂 literally the only thing straight people canceled was Bud light 😂😂😂 leave our f*************** alone and our beer
6:51 SUPRISE WENDIGOON JUMPSCARE!
AFAIK it was supposed to stand for "Hand-held Automatic for Commandos" (Ręczny Automat Komandosów). They loved to come up with acronyms that formed something cool. In this case, "crayfish".
Actually it wasn't, there's no proof for that and it wouldn't make sense because it wasn't meant to be used by special forces, but tank crew, etc, basically as PDW. It is also not actually called "Rak" and it's much information why it got that name, officially it's just called PM-63. Similarly, P-64 Czak it's actually just called P-64, but it's prototype was called CZAK, which stands for first letters of its designers, in case of PM 63 its prototype didn't had a name, neither letters R, A and K could stand for its designers' names.
I’m guessing “crayfish” got translated as “cancer” because of the astrological sign (which I thought was a crab, but whatever)?
@@willprince643So you say, but that's the origin story I've heard circulated back in Poland by multiple knowledgeable sources as far back as the 1980s. I dunno what to tell ya.
Polish guy named piotr here.
Rak means crab
An acronym is exactly that, a series of initials that result in a cool word. FBI is not an acronym, it's an initials while MAD (= mutually assured destruction) is.
Always gotta admire a weapon that can pack so much functionality into such a small package without being overly complex. Such clever design.
Micro Uzi disagrees
Even with serten dangerous things the gun can do to the owner i think as long you get some instructions it should be fine in use. but yeah you need be a real dum dum to make it shoot in a situation you caused how ever for the size of the gun its pretty good stil could maybe use a new version of this desgine thats a bit safer in case of wrong use. stil im impressed by the gun also first time i see one being reviewed does kinda look sci fi for a gun.
@@ajgrant9954 micro uzi has no function beyond hitting everything but your target at 5 feet away
Have you seen the milling on the receiver? The basic mechanism is simple, but that is no Sten.
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Thanks for being a gun nerd so I can learn from a gun nerd. Great work.
its the actual Civillian Tactical, hello
Government plant bolt action ar15
Shut up boy I own you
Soyjak channel ass
He is a gun nut 😂 not nerd
It's actually a genius design, so simple but seems to be effective. Looks like it's cheap and quick to make too. Of course, leave it to a "specialist" to find a way to shoot themselves. I.e. charging the slide while pushing off your body parts.
Thanks for the showcase, love this little thing!
I loved the random Wendigoon cameo at 6:50 . You and him are my favorite TH-camrs
I was wondering if I was just seeing things. I've only watched a few of Wendigoon's vids, but I loved every minute.
"That sounds like Wendigoon. Oh shit, it's Wendigoon."
The frase "Buckle-up chuckle-fucks" just became an instant classic and deserves an award! 😂😂😂❤
whenever he said "this is my tank and i dont know youu" had me dying on the ground laughing🤣🤣
On a tee shirt!
Welcome back to reality, I hope you enjoyed living under a rock.
@@charlescouncill☕👕
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THIS IS MY FAVORITE SMG FROM BLACK OPS 1 ! Sounds just like in-game too!
That game was the first time I heard of this gun as well. I wish that got a remaster back in 2020.
@@PhoenixASD96 Please, no more re-skin garbage.
remastered COD games are low tier @@PhoenixASD96
@@EggplantHarmesanthey are better than the new cod games
@@ptbeltwarrior definitely but i still prefer the originals
My Dad was a dealer back in the 90's and I was fascinated by all the stuff coming out of Europe at the time but when I shot it I noticed how inaccurate it was. I do wish I had kept a few things that I sold over the years but I really just didn't enjoy shooting them at the range because of all the rules most ranges have about what you can and can't shoot these days. There was always an issue with ammo, rapid fire, shooting jugs and where my brass was going so it really took the fun out of a lot of those weapons.
Any of us cod veterans remember this from BO1
it even kinda sounds like that in game too, they gave some detail too it fr
that kinda "slop" sound
thats the first thing i thought of lmao
@@DementedLessons was literally coming here to say this. they got it dead on
@@DementedLessonsthe sound is ON. POINT!!!!
RAK can also be translated to crayfish. But also it was short form unofficial name „Ręczny Automat Komandosów” - Small/Hand Commando Machinegun.
Especially used insted AK47 in tight/small spaces by special forces oparating on airports/planes
Same in Serbo-Croatian. "Rak" has two meanings and both are the same as in Polish.
Funny how Slavic languages can be so different and so similar at the same time.
It's non "official" abbreviation, mostly made up later.
@@shonemumy same in Russian, feels like it's one of few words that some ancient Slavs used so many Slavic languages got it or something like that
@Maciej2801 Dokladnie, nie wiem skad się to wzięło.
Speaking of Serbian, it's full name would have been „Ručni Automat Komandosa”, it basically translates itself word for word. Love how after all that time and separation Slavic languages still have so much in common.
the slide coming at your eye like that has gotta be super unsettling
My guess is that’s why that design didn’t last on early model ARs.
Yeah, original AR10s look kinda weird.
I remember when the demills for these were relatively cheap, it looked like the slide and bolt were two parts, possibly allowing for a closed bolt rework.
2:15 "Jesus Poland can I buy a vowel" 🤣
You ain't seen nothin' yet: dig THIS one: Zbgnew. It's a mans' first name. Nightmare, anyone?😂😂
Peter "Vilnievtzyc" - that should be bout right when you want to say it out loud.
Seeing wendigoon have a range giggle for some full auto is always great.
Awesome content this channel packs every time
Are they related? They look like they could be brothers or something
there not
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@@ryedergrenier3561I came here to ask the same thing
We never saw them together in the same room...
@@ryedergrenier3561 honestly I believe Brandon just genuinely loves dudes content and they became internet pals and then irls
But TBF, I think a lot of us AK boys match a gruff, hairy stereotype lol
Rak also translates to crabs/crayfish (crustacean) which are said to walk backwards. There is a Polish saying "Rak Idzie Wspak" which mean Rak goes backwards. Probably relates to how the gun operates. Also we name military stuff after animals.
it was named after what killed it's designer, you should know that Rak means also Cancer and such a good designer wouldn't leave his design such flawed
It also means cancer
Cancer also means crab by the way for those who don’t know know it’s greek so in some way RAK does mean cancer/crab
I was working for a movie theater in San Diego when 'red dawn' came out, I have seen it probably 300 times during the YEAR AND A HALF IT PLAYED there.
6:57 good to see you spending quality time with your son. As a son who also once publicly called their father B-tier, this gives me hope that I, too, may one day reconcile. Not likely since he passed away in 2021, but a guy can hope.
1:22 I in fact am losing my shit rightnow, not only because my country got mentioned but because it got mentioned by such a handsome and entertaining man, thank you Brandon for blessing us with your awesome content
We love you Poland!!
@@Sma11Phr1e666 ty, I'm also studying finnish matter of fact
Stay based, my Polish friend.
@@sanitarycockroach9038 I always will, the blood that runs in my vains is slavic and I am not ashamed of it!
There is one more fun feature. Ejector is part of magazine. So if you have jammed gun by no fired primer usually at first you take out magazine. Then if you pull back bolt to unload bullet, bullet will go out with bolt but not eject and if you release or push bolt to the front firing pin will hit this bullet again and it could fire.
I wonder why this isn't more commonly done. The ejector is such a tiny piece of metal to snake around and reach this spot, when it could just be a little extra nub on the mag lip bent up. You answer one reason, for an open-bolt design. Seems like it would have minimal problem to put the ejector on the mag, for closed bolt guns.
@@mildyproductive9726 Maybe because you can not unload bullet from chamber without magazine?
10:45 that practice probably came from the Radom pistol, the last Polish handgun to be issued before getting annexed by the USSR.
It had a feature that allowed it to be cocked one handed by pressing the slide against your leg
Fun facts from one of 50 damn Poles watching it :D
- As far as I remember, Wilniewczyc died, one another team continued the work on this. Wilniewczyc is actually treated as a polish Browning guy, however...some ideas seems to be outstanding :D
- RAK is also sometimes translated as Ręczny Automat Komandosa (Hand Comando Pistol/Automatic Pistol or something like that), however there are literally no evidence what RAK stands for (non solving mistery)
- Had chance to work with it once...fuck me, on the beginning, number of things you have to think about to not shoot yourself is horrible, even for a Pole xD
- What you stated Brandon about loading on your own leg etc. is one of the legends in Poland. However, my father who was conducting his obligatory services in late '70, rember that he witness at least 2 accidental shooting of guys who jumped out of the track when they did not give a f about the SMG itself. Rumoured to be quite popular accident to self reload.
- My father also stated that in most of cases with PM 63, the issue was actually...with the fingers. Rookies had tendency to put fingers to high near the muzzle
- Please take a correction on the fact, that it was time of socialism in Poland and nothing make any f sense. Especially in the army. There are still legends about whole teams resting and sitting on PPSh 41 with inserted magazines (sat on magazine with bustock on the ground). Number of undeveloped and rushed ideas in this times is enormous.
I was in the Polish Army 1976- 79 I Never witness or heard about any accident Have use RAK for two years
I usually ignore the comments at the end of your videos about TH-cam unsubscribing fans from your channel but decided to check today. And the TH-cam overlords had, in fact, unsubscribed me from your channel. I've been a fan and follower for a few years at this point and it's kind of surprising to find that that had happened. Then you for sharing your content and also putting yourself through the process of becoming a congressman. Good luck!
I also checked and it's the same with me
Same here
TH-cam straight up just doesn't recommend his videos to me, I have to go out of my way to search up his channel once every few days to see if he's uploaded a new video. Same thing with Donut Operator.
Or maybe y'all eat too much soy. I bet you also superchat every time a pet dies. Escape the hivemind and get a personality.
I've had it happen 3 times
"Buckle up, Chucklef***" is now going to be a permanent part of my lexicon. Bless you sir.
BROTHER Isaiah and you is the crossover I didn't know I NEEDED 😭 please do more
this was my JAM in BO1
Bro just save for the MP40 in the stairs room smh 🤦♂️
i saw the intro and immediately did the leonardo dicaprio meme
Got me through so many tough spots on Firing Range 🫡
"We have MP7 in poland"
The mp7 in poland:
It’s MP0.7
We have sr2M at home
@@gVint100 MP0.07 Beta Release
Rak in Polish has two meanings: cancer or crayfish. The common name of this weapon is crayfish! The weapon was to be used as a sidearm by vehicle and aircraft crews, paratroopers, shooters and gendarmes, it was to fit in a hip holster and be a weapon for the new standard Warsaw Pact cartridge, i.e. 9×18 mm Makarov. The project was entrusted to Wilniewczyc, the father of the Vis wz. pistol. 35 Radom.
100% love this channel not only cause you promote gun safety but also that you display it on your channel with how you treat firearms.
I honestly love the design for this one. When it's all packed up it definitely has a sci-fi flair about it.
Just Google 'konwersja rak' from Omnis Arma 🎉
Glad to see Brandon being a good father and spending time with his son
Ol illegitimate Wendi
Black Ops 1 memories
I’m like the only person ever to see this comment wow
@@Navy-Man514 not anymore
Your comic relief is 👌Not over the top & distracting. Just on point & funny. Good channel 👍
RAK is a weapon of drivers, not of any commandos. The word crayfish means a crustacean that lives in water. For 100 years, Polish weapons have been named after animals or minerals as they are now, e.g. Lobster, Badger, Krab and the Rak self-propelled mortar.
I was in Polish army end of 90s and as mobile radar operator I was issue this little gun. Yes scare especially that we had to do guard duty, with loaded gun... Loads of time to do stupid thing, most likely where most accidents with this gun happened 😅
I remember from '80s, all guards in nearby fort (quartermasters stuff) had them as well.
I never thought much about firearms not having hammers. I have always been aware of subguns with open bolt actions, like the uzi. But, i never really thought much about the mechanics of it. Basically the hammer gets replaced by a slide release and a catch for when the trigger gets released. Very simple design.
Greetings from Austin! Man, you already know this, but you are the absolute best channel on TH-cam! I’m subscribed to many other “Gun-Tubers” and I have to say that none of them are nearly as informative or entertaining with their content as you are! Every time I see one of your videos, it makes me want to spend another day at the range renting shit I can’t afford to buy just so I can try it out. keep being you, brother! I’d love to check out your range sometime, but I never get down to San Antonio anymore.
Not just an issue when charging the weapon carelessly. If you were to get a batch of rounds that was misloaded with a weak charge, it can potentially keep firing the whole mag until it is empty. Used to happen from time to time with British SMGs that used an open breach/fixed pin design with weak batches of 9mm ammo.
0:49 The thumb was so close to the muzzle, that I was on the edge of my seat here.
I m Pole and i m loosing shit in comments
Slava Piorun
I'm also a Pole and I'm also loosing shit in comments
Well, there's 3 of us now!
@@Furebel hold your shits tightly
now there's 4 of us 🙂
Tbh it being a dangers AF Star Wars looking machine pistol makes this thing a vibe!
The Bobby Hill reference was great! “I dont know you!” Had me cracking up
Thats my purse! I don't know you
Love you and @Wendigoon's bromance. Never thought he would have been a guy who would have been in your circle.
"Jesus, Poland, can I buy a vowel?"
That's the thing, Poland is unfortunately so poor they can't afford vowels
They really lean on the "and sometimes Y" part
Yup
lol how Can I even pronouce your name? Christian syncski? @anzyszczynski4115
They just need to go into business with wales and it's sweet.
Poland isn't poor lol
2:50 That's google translate for you... "rak" is freshwater crayfish, "rakovina" is cancer (it's not polish words but czech, but our lanugage is really simmilar, even though it's writes and sound bit differently)... Ofc you may use (not that you want to) "rak" as a meaning for cancer, but that's not really common way to say it. It's sort of old ways to talk (though ppl would understand). I'm pretty sure the "crayfish" would make more sence, given the foldable "claw"-like grip.
Uh, m8, there's nothing Czech about that gun.
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Said who?
@@KoSmiC_WarFarE4750 it was all designed by Piot Wilniewczyc Polish gun designer (most well known from designing ViS wz 35 - the best pistol of WW2) and other Polish people and manufactured in Poland.
@@zepter00 Yes, but my point is about the Czech-related claim above my first comment